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[Verse 1]
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Robert Smith is secure at his villa in France
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Any child knows how to do the spiderweb dance
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Siouxsie has enough hits to keep the bills paid
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Every New Year's in Los Angeles you can still see Richard Blade
[Chorus]
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But the world forgot about Gene Loves Jezebel
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Yeah, the world forgot about Gene Loves Jezebel
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[Verse 2]
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They charted once or twice
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They were on a major label
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When the singer went solo
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He left money on the table
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The two main guys are related
They're at war with each other
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Now there's two Genes loving Jezebel
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One for each brother
[Bridge]
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But the world came to agree
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What you see is what you get
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And what you get is what you see
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Whether you're The March Violets or The Bolshoi
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Bands who had to leave the darkness for the sun
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Red Lorry Yellow Lorry were on Cherry Red I think
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They've been playing clubs since 1981
[Verse 3]
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To be fair to Gene Loves Jezebel
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Billy Corgan brought them on stage
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It was in 2011
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It's on their Wikipedia page
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But for the most part
However big that chorused bass may throb
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You and me and all of us
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Are gonna have to find a job
[Chorus]
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Because the world will never know or understand
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The suffocated splendor
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Of the once and future goth band
[Outro]
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